Re: GEN: Free Books-Read Across America Day

[Kate Hass <khass@MAIL.AVCI.NET>]

All:

I know nothing about the merits of the program, but the MATH is incorrect.
100 books for $65.00  = 65 CENTS per book.  For the low cost, if you are
looking at getting books into the hands of children, or establishing a
classroom library, it might be worth investigating, if you can afford the $65.

Kate Hass
Librarian
Ubly Community Schools
Ubly, MI
khass@avci.net
>At 01:16 PM 1/9/2002 -0800, BR wrote:
>>Hi, All--
>>On further investigation, this information:
>>$65.00 = Shipping and administrative costs per
>>100 books or $6.50 per book.
>>Must be ordered in sets of 100 books.
>>Must accept (or return) books in sets of 100 --
>>partial sets cannot be returned.
>>There is no choice of titles.
>>Each year, a teacher of two at our school
>>receives the postcard advertizing the program --
>>and each year adminstration has decided the funds
>>are better spent elswhere...
>>--Betty Rendino, Librarian
>>Jericho Elem Sch
>>Jericho, VT
>>
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